Summer Vibe = Summer Goth

My summer mood? Wake me up when it’s October. Luckily fall is right around corner! I haven’t been feeling summer at all…normally I find a way to tolerate and embrace it but this year I couldn’t bring myself to even do that. Style update: I’ve pretty much been living in my favorite color (black) since the start of quarantine and I’m not mad about it. Black has always been my go-to color for an effortlessly chic look. Ok, call my summer vibe “summer goth” if you’d like….my nails are currently painted black.

At the start of quarantine I was looking for a rare dress, I’ll get in to that in a later post, but in my search I discovered an amazing little vintage shop based out of Massachusetts called Domino Vintage. Although the shop owner, Belinda, didn’t have the exact dress I was looking for – she showed me a dress equally as beautiful and I had to have it. The corset style lace bodice and full satin skirt with rosette pickups gave off a Southern Gothic aesthetic I couldn’t resist.

One thing I’ve learned about vintage, especially pieces I love, is that “if the dress fits, buy it.” With vintage, there’s no asking, “does this come in my size?” it either fits you or it doesn’t. When it comes to adding special pieces to my vintage collection and planning a photo shoot with them, the dresses always inspire the shoot. It might sound crazy but I really like to give my vintage pieces their time to shine and this particular shoot, with local photographer Michaela Higgins, was no exception. I really wanted to capture the Southern Gothic charm of the dress through accessories, location, etc. and I think we were really able to do that!

Photography by Michaela H. Photography

Dress from Domino Vintage! Be sure to check out this shop! The owner, Belinda, an amazing eye for vintage fashion and all of her pieces are one of kind!